Have GMOs really had an adverse impact on the health of its consumers?

It is not possible to prove a food is safe, only to say that no hazard has been shown to exist

It’s human nature, it seems, to resist change and fear the unknown. So it is no surprise that genetic engineering of food and feed crops resulted in their resounding condemnation as “Frankenfoods” by many consumers, who seem as terrified of eating an apple with an added anti-browning gene or a pink pineapple genetically enriched with the antioxidant lycopene as I am of self-driving cars.

Trek down the grocery aisles of any large market and you’ll find many products prominently labelled “No GMOs”. It’s much harder to spot the small print on many other foods stating “Partially produced with genetic engineering”,